Stephen Siwek, a consultant at Economist Incorporated, discusses how the cost of piracy is determined.

PIPA = PROTECT IP Act

Megaupload vs. Universal Music Group

How a few bills before Congress could alter the web forever.

Because the noise had been missing

A new anti-piracy bill is being introduced in congress today as an alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act, says CNET’s Declan McCulloch. SOPA has received a lot of criticism since it was first introduced a few weeks ago. Free speech advocates didn’t like how the anti-piracy bill would lead to the take down of […]

A new report sheds light on who is downloading or streaming unlicensed content.

Things are heating up.

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing this morning on the Stop Online Piracy Act. The legislation would give the government a lot more power to enforce copyrights online for things like movies and medicines.

The controversial Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA will be the sole subject of a House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. SOPA is the House version of the Senate’s Protect IP act which got strangled by Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) who echoed the views of many in the tech industry that the measure gave law enforcement far too much power in shutting down websites that are suspected of trafficking in unlicensed content…